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. HOSE SUPPORTER. No. 364,740. Patented June 14, 1887.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT O FICE.

STILES H. WHI'IING, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- H ALF TO LEONARD K. SLAYTON, OF SAME PLACE.

l-IOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,740, dated June 14, 1887.

7 Application filed February 7, 1887. Serial No. 226,795. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STILEs H. WRITING, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeject to produce a supporter of this class with which a fold of the garment may be engaged without strain thereon or the slightest danger of tearing, and in which it may be locked by friction alone, but in such a manner that the garment cannot be removed by either an upward or downward movement until the catch is released, after which it may be released without difficulty and without strain.

' With these ends in view my invention con-. sists in the novel construction, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

Figurel is an elevation showing a pair of my improved garment supporters attached to strips of textile material as in use, the one at the left showing it in the unlocked position and the one at the right showing the manner of its use, a fold of the garment being engaged by the supporter and locked. in the engaged position; Fig. 2, a section. on the line m w in Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4, views illustrating slight modifications in the manner of attachment to the strip of textilematerial;Figs. 5 and 6, cross-sections, respectively, of Figs. 3 and 4, and Fig. 7 is a section on the lineg y in Fig. 4.

1 denotes strips of textile material to which the supporters are attached in any suitable or preferred manner.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the supporter as provided with rings 2 and secured to the textile material by eyelets 3 passing through the rings and the textile material.

In Figs. 3 to 6, inclusive, I have shown the supporter as provided with a loop, 4., through which a fold of thetextile material passes.

wire, one end of which is provided with a ring or loop and the other with a hook, 5, adapted to engage a shank, 6,just below the ring or loop.

; 'The body of the supporter consists of two arms, 7, curvedIoutward and then inward from their point of connection in the engaged position. Near the bottom of the supporter these arms approach each other quite closely, form ing a yielding neck, 8. Below the neckthat is, at the central portion of the piece of wire of which the supporter is formedI preferably form an eye, 9. y

The operation is as follows: The hook is detached from the shank, as shown at the leftin Fig. 1, and a fold of the garment placed between the arms and drawn into the neck, and preferably into the eye, as shown at the right in Fig. 1. The hook is then engaged with the shank, as clearly shown, which looks the fold of the garment securely in position and without the slightest strain thereon.

The great advantage secured by my improved construction is that when the hook is engaged with the shank the fold of the garment is held just as securely against being drawn out by an upward movement as it is by a downward movement, thus avoiding all danger of the garment becoming detached if the wearer changes position frequently, as in getting up and sit ting down,which is such a serious objection to numerous garment-s11 pporters now in use. In order to avoid the possibility of the end of the hook coming in contact with the garment, or being felt by the wearer when used upon thin light stockings,I frequently provide a fold, 10, of theitextile material,to lie between the end of the hook and the garment upon which it is used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim V 1. A garmentsupporter formed from a continuous piece of wire consisting of spring-arms separable, at the top, which curve outward, then inward, forming a neck at the bottom, one of said arms being provided with asecuring device and the other with a hook, so that a fold of a garment placed in said neck will be securely held against upward or downward movement when the arms are engaged, but may be readily removed when they are disengaged.

The sn 3 )orter consists of a sin le i of 2. A arment-su )orter formed from a continuous piece of wire consisting of separable the other with a hook, at yielding neck formed spring-arms, one of which is provided with a by bending said arms toward each other besecuring device and the other with ahook, said low the point of engagement, and an eye, 9, arms curving outward, then inward toward below the neck, substantially as described.

5 each other to form a neck, and havingan eye In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 15 below said neck at the junction of the arms, presence of two witnesses.

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. STILES H. XVHITING.

3. A garment-supporter consisting of sprin g- \Vitnesses: arms curving outward, then inward, one of A. M. VOOSTER,

to which is provided with a loop and shank and L. K. SLAYTON. 

